When and why do people obey political authority when it runs against their own interests to
do so? This book is about the channels beyond direct repression through which China's …

This study examines changes in grassroots participation and repression under the Chinese
leaders Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping. Under Xi, the Party-state has launched political campaigns …

To develop a robust surveillance apparatus in the digital age, autocracies are compelled to
rely on foreign suppliers or to allow domestic private entrepreneurs to enter a strategic …

How do regimes employ information to govern society and maintain control? Recent
scholarship argues that legibility is a fundamental component of state capacity, but the …

Following a series of high-profile attacks in Beijing, Kunming and Urumqi by Uyghur
militants, the Chinese party-state declared a “war on terror” in 2014. Since then, China's …

In this paper, we examine how the Chinese state controls social media. While social media
companies are responsible for censoring their platforms, they also selectively report certain …

This article reports key findings drawing on a database containing more than 12,000 protest
news events in China from 2000 to 2018, including over 1500 protests against land …

Using riot police to break up a big demonstration is a familiar occurrence in many parts of
the world, including China. But all protest control does not involve the use of force, nor is …

This article reveals the trends and characteristics of popular protests in China, drawing
evidence from a database the author built by collecting more than 12,000 news stories on …

Social movements and protests are a more commonly occurring feature of social and
political life in authoritarian states than generally thought. However, the effects of …